The Cowboy

Your hair is the meadow grass
Your eyes the big sky
The lines carved on your face
Speak the cruelty of the place
You call home

The saddle formed your stance
Ropes, your calloused hands
Your quiet confidence tells me
Of months spent on the prairie
All alone
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Cheema Avatar
September 3, 2015 at 2:27 PM
Found this a crazily cute description, Mary!
Rotman Avatar
September 3, 2015 at 3:37 PM
Thank you very much, Balveen!
Merryman Avatar
August 11, 2015 at 8:54 PM
Great use of metaphor in this, Mary! Great write! Love, Kim
Rotman Avatar
September 3, 2015 at 3:38 PM
I forgot to thank you for your kind words, Kim.
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